Reds Paint Pirates In Men’s Softball Championship Opener

The veteran pitcher Roy Panhandle Hill will be hoping to take Reds to the 2015 fast pitch softball championship.Photo: Gordon French/BVI Platinum News

The Reds overcame Republica Dominicana with a 10-4 victory in a must win game to take the best-of-five playoff series 3-2 to face the red-hot Pirates in the Men’s Fast Pitch Softball Championship which began on August 21.

The first game of the men’s fast pitch softball championship saw Reds emerge with a 12-8 victory over the Pirates, the top team at the start of the playoffs.

To kick off the game, Acting Minister of Education and Culture, Hon. Alvera Maduro-Caines tossed the first pitch.

Leon Martin of Reds went 1 for 4 with a home run, 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in, while Richard Clendenin went 2 for 4 with a double, a home run, a run scored and 3 runs batted in.

Marlon Richardson for the Reds went 3 for 4 with a triple, 2 runs scored and 2 runs batted in.

Batting for the Pirates, Allen Smith of Pirates went 1 for 1 with a double, 2 runs scored and 3 runs batted in and Nikos Penn and George Burrows each went 1 for 3 with 2 runs scored.

Reds finished with 11 hits, 3 errors and left 5 runners on base while the Pirates had 6 hits, 4 errors and left 13 runners on base. The winning pitcher was Warren Brooks and the loser was Aubrey Frett.